The cupboards are bare for Summer due to the multi-channel environment. I think it is best to just repeat procedurals, older/seasonal movies, the usual crap

If I were Seven I would show:

Happy Endings (confirmed)HIMYM (repeats)WhitneyUp All NightBones (repeats)Castle (repeats)Covert AffairsKeeping Up with the Kardashians (repeats)Criminal Minds (repeats)Body of Proof ( continue repeats, if show is cancelled in US, just play out new episodes)Xmas/80s/90s Movies Fri/Sat/Mon

7MateSame old repeats of cartoons and reality shows, throw Man Up in there somewhere It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

7TwoSame old UK stuff, plus Christmas then Summer lifestyle programsRepeat series one of Downton Abbey on Sunday nights

NineMike & Molly (keep up the new episodes)2.5 Men/TbbT (repeats)Breaking InCSI/Miami repeatsPerson of Interest (repeats in a different timeslot)Prime Suspect (new episodes until it is axed in US)Pan AmUnforgettable (repeats in a different timeslot)EpisodesMr SunshineXmas/80s/90s/Australian premiere Movies Fri/Sat/Sun/Tue

Go2.5 Men and TBBT marathons all the time

Ten It's A Knockout (confirmed for Sunday nights)Go Girls (confirmed for 10.30pm twice a week)Any Australian premiere movies they can get the rights toAny New Zealand drama/comedy ie. The Almighty Johnsons for 10.30pmHawaii 5-O (repeats, esp. the beachy ones)NCIS (older repeats)NCIS: LA (repeats)Law & Order: SVU (older repeats)Law & Order UKA Gifted ManOffspring (repeats)Glee( repeat season 3 at Wednesday 7.30pm or whatever timeslot it will be in Feb)Modern Family (repeats)Rules of Engagement (new, then repeats)Bondi Rescue/Bondi Vet (repeats)Keeping Up with the Joneses (repeat s1)Xmas/80s/90s movies Fri/Sat (probably only have enough for two nights)

Now looking at the shows being promoted i am thinking this could be Seven's schedule come February. I now think Once and Bones will be kept until after Easter. So with that here is my updated schedule.

Very interesting mock schedule there greysfan. I don't know about Please Marry Me Boy at 7:30pm. It sounds like a 9:30pm show. Maybe after Grey's Anatomy. If i were Seven i would be pushing very strongly to the audience that Better Homes and Gardens will be on a whole new night in 2012. In saying this i do think that maybe Seven could split Better Homes and have it air in Sydney and Brisbane on Fridays at 7:30pm and have it on Thursdays in the AFL States. I truly believe Better Homes helps Seven in the Sydney and Brisbane markets for their Friday Night share and if they were to shift that because of AFL not being shown on Seven but 7mate in these States and airing movies could really backfire.

Here is what i would do for 2012 on Seven

Seven

Sunday6:30 Sunday Night7:30 Once Upon a Time8:30 Downton Abbey9:30 Castle

With Channel Nine One Day Cricket and a couple of Twenty/20? matches will be played until March i think it is so Sunday and Friday Night is Cricket. Tuesday will have cricket on GEM i believe so heres what i think could really give Seven a run for their money. In 2012 i really think Seven is extremely vulnerable and i think they could fall. I said it here first. I think Nine will win 2012. They have so much content and obviously its all reality mostly and well Seven's News service is rating pretty poorly in the 2 big cities Sydney and Melbourne and i think they are ready to strike with all this firepower.

Nine in February

Sunday6:30 One Day CricketWhen cricket ends i think this will be the Sunday Night lineup

Interesting schedules there martin. I don't know about putting the best new comedy in that 9pm Tuesday slot but anything is possible I guess. Also I sort of agree with you about TEN. They really don't have that much firepower and I don't think they can do much better than that really.

I don't agree with you on that Nine will win 2012 though. They have an interesting year ahead but Seven is still way ahead when it comes to programming. I still think Seven will be dominant in 2012 with Bine closing the gap a bit but only due to the Olympics. I think Nines new offerings are rip offs. Tricky business is has Rafters rip off written all over it and Excess Baggage has Biggest Loser rip off written all over it and well The Voice is an X factor rip off. I have said that for ages.

I guess the thing about 2012 is it is going to be so unpredictable but Nine have been all talk and no real results these past few years and I see the same happening in 2012. I guess let the games begin.

greysfan wrote:I don't agree with you on that Nine will win 2012 though. They have an interesting year ahead but Seven is still way ahead when it comes to programming. I still think Seven will be dominant in 2012 with Bine closing the gap a bit but only due to the Olympics. I think Nines new offerings are rip offs. Tricky business is has Rafters rip off written all over it and Excess Baggage has Biggest Loser rip off written all over it and well The Voice is an X factor rip off. I have said that for ages.

I disagree with you about the fact that Nine will only do better because of the Olympics. Nine really are putting up a lot of good shows for the start of February, on top of the fact that they will have One-Day Cricket which I think will do well this year if you consider the recent Boxing Day Test figures. I think Nine are going to try and get the jump on Biggest Loser and start Excess Baggage a week earlier than its competitor (which will probably be the second week of the Australian Open up against the first returning week of Home and Away). I think this strategy will work well. I don't think a lot of people are going to care that Tricky Business looks a bit like Rafters considering that Rafters isn't as popular as it used to be. Of course, I don't see Tricky Business doing as well as Rafters but it should skew wider than Nine's recent cop dramas. Should definitely hold a million. The only thing I will agree on is The Voice. I've heard that they are putting it on after Easter. I think the show could suffer being on at the same time of year as Australia's Got Talent so that might not work. But, in summary, Nine won't just have a good year because of the Olympics. Plus a lot of people think that Seven might lose a bit of the audience next year because of the fact that most of their schedule is returning shows and that they aren't trying anything new that's promising.

MillerT2 wrote:I disagree with you about the fact that Nine will only do better because of the Olympics. Nine really are putting up a lot of good shows for the start of February, on top of the fact that they will have One-Day Cricket which I think will do well this year if you consider the recent Boxing Day Test figures. I think Nine are going to try and get the jump on Biggest Loser and start Excess Baggage a week earlier than its competitor (which will probably be the second week of the Australian Open up against the first returning week of Home and Away). I think this strategy will work well. I don't think a lot of people are going to care that Tricky Business looks a bit like Rafters considering that Rafters isn't as popular as it used to be. Of course, I don't see Tricky Business doing as well as Rafters but it should skew wider than Nine's recent cop dramas. Should definitely hold a million. The only thing I will agree on is The Voice. I've heard that they are putting it on after Easter. I think the show could suffer being on at the same time of year as Australia's Got Talent so that might not work. But, in summary, Nine won't just have a good year because of the Olympics. Plus a lot of people think that Seven might lose a bit of the audience next year because of the fact that most of their schedule is returning shows and that they aren't trying anything new that's promising.

I can see where you are coming from but i think it will be very minimal to be honest because its how its been these past few years. They always hype it up only to fall flat on their face. The new shows look pretty average so will wait and see but i don't see them winning 2012. That is what i was sort of getting at with the reply to martin's post. They will have some moderate success but it won't be enough to tackle Seven. You have to remember here Seven won 2011 by 4.7%. That is a huge margin in anyones eyes. They had a stellar year and i truly believe that they will continue on their way but it will be tighter i am not doubting that. We will see i guess.

I am waiting until the tennis kicks off to well and truly see which shows are coming in February. Once i know that then it will be easier. I believe what i have in my mock will all be there in some shape or form